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Virtual Bingo: FUNdraiser Benefitting ASD

Support Appalachian Sustainable Development's (ASD) Agroforestry program and win great prizes!Join us on Zoom for Virtual BINGO on Thursday February 25, 2021 at 7pm EST from the comfort of your own home. Tickets: $20Each night, BINGO will last for approximately 1.5 hours, with 7 prizes. Prizes range from $20-$150 value! Prizes are from the Damascus […]

$20.00

No-Till Farming and Soil Health

Harvest Table Farm 28413 Smyth Chapel Rd, Meadowview, Virginia, United States

Learn techniques of no-till farming and witness the benefits of growing healthy soil with us at the Harvest Table Farm. We will discuss the why and how for a no-till approach and demonstrate simple, easy methods to transform your growing spaces.

Free

High Tunnel Season Extension

Blue Door Garden 23413 Walden Rd, Abingdon, VA, Abingdon, Virginia, United States

Since 2004 Tom and Deni Peterson at Blue Door Garden have been using hoop houses to “extend the season”. As cut flower growers, they use hoop houses to force early successions of ranunculus, anemone, snapdragons, campanula, sweet peas and sunflowers.The hoop house also provides season long protection from weather for growing lisianthus, eucalyptus, lavender, dusty […]

Free

Specialty Produce: Finding Your Niche

Creative Seeds Farm 422 W Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia, United States

With local food in high demand, this course will help you determine what type of crops will help you stand out in a crowded market place. We will also cover how to market your crops to a variety of customers as well as tips and tricks on how to maximize your production.

Free

Integrating Multiple Operations

Kelly Ridge Farms 30558 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, Virginia, United States

Integrating operations is key to incremental success in farming.  Farms aren't about single product lines, but about how you can design your operations to support each other and build your assets (and soils) for the long haul.  Shift away from extractive farming methods and focus on long term success.  I will discuss our experience (both […]

Free
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